The NACE Code 52 is described as
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles; repair of personal and household goods

DescriptionThis division includes:

· resale (sale without transformation) of new and used goods mainly to the general public for personal or household consumption or utilization, by shops, department stores, stalls, mail-order houses, hawkers and peddlers, consumer cooperatives, etc.

· Retail trade is classified first by type of sale outlet (retail trade in stores: groups 52.1 to 52.5; retail trade not in stores: group 52.6). Retail trade in stores is further subdivided into retail sale of new goods (groups 52.1 to 52.4) and retail sale of used goods (group 52.5). For retail sale of new goods in stores there exists a further distinction between specialized retail sale (groups 52.2 to 52.4) and non-specialized retail sale (group 52.1). The above groups are further subdivided by the range of products sold. Sale not via stores lists the forms of trade (e.g. mail-order, markets, door-to-door, by vending machines , etc.).

This division also includes:

· repair and installation of personal or household goods whether or not done in combination with retail sale

· retail sale by commission agents

· activities of retail auction houses.

This division excludes:

· sale of motor vehicles, motorcycles and their parts and of fuel for these articles, see 50